HESSLE SPORTING CLUB:
Star Awards
Hessle Sporting Club have introduced an awards scheme for the younger players in their club. For further information on this scheme please refer to HSC Star Awards in related documents on the right side of this page.
ELVINGTON HARRIERS:
Boot locker for new players
When we first started the club (its not rocket science) you build from the bottom up. The "saturday morning club" was a way to get get familys with young children with no experience of football, to have a go at football in an area where it had not previously been avalible. To do this we had to make it as easy as possible for them to become involved. One of the barriers we found to young children having a go is parents having to buy boots and shin pads before they had found out if their children enjoyed the game. To overcome this we set up a store of equipment donated to the club by other children when they had found it to be too small them (most of it in mint condition as children grow out rather than wear out) and is no longer used.
Children new to the club were able to go choose boots and shin pads, use them and straight away have a go! If they found that football wasn't their thing then the equipment was just recycled again for others to use.
Over the years this has paid great dividens for us as a club as at the inital point of contact with parents it makes new people feel welcome and part of a club. The children, no matter what background they are from, are doing what all the other children are doing ,with the same level of equipment from the start.
It is also useful when players forget equipment, which when children are young is quite often and we have on several occasions lent equipment to visiting teams.
LONG RISTON AFC:
Club Newsletter
Long Riston AFC produce a newsletter that they distribuite to all people involved within the club. An example of their latest newsletter can be found in the related documents.
COSTELLO COBRAS:
Information Pack
Every new player/ parent that joins the team is given a welcome pack. A copy of the pack can be found in the related documents section.
HUNMANBY JUNIORS FC:
Player Signing on Evening
When we sign the players to the club we have a fun night were all the players, coaches, parents etc have a BBQ play football, cricket so on. When the player signs the clubs forms they also sign code of conducts for players and parents with the club having a copy and the parent/ player also having a copy and with these copy each parent receives a card with the welfare officers details. These card are the size of business cards and are printed for the club. We do this because some people find it hard to bring up matters with there managers and find it better to talk to somebody who is not involved with the team.
GOOLE TOWN GIRLS & LADIES FC:
Role of Parent Co-ordinator
Some three years ago we introduced the role of a Parent Co-ordinator for each team in the club.
We have 5 such persons now one for each of the five teams we are running at the moment.
These positions are elected annually at the AGM and are usually a responsible parent from the team in question. The person elected also sits on the committee at all meetings and acts very much like a Union Representative in industry.
This person acts as a link between the management and parents/players conveying information down to the team but also in reverse bringing concerns from parents and players to the meetings we hold. That way there is a recognised channel of communication each way that everyone in the club is aware of.
The PC’s also have extraneous duties like being the main contact when trips/tours are organised – collecting monies etc.
The idea has worked very well and has helped the club to run very smoothly in relation to effective communications between the club and members.
HESSLE SPORTING CLUB:
Coaching Manual for Club Coaches
George Quinn at Hessle Sporting has spent considerable time producing a manual that is given to all coaches at the club. He gave us the following information:
“The manual I have assembled is 'Issue 2' and the successor to one I produced when I first became associated with Hessle S C. The first issue was put together on a weekly basis as I wrote individual practice sessions for distribution to our other coaches. I added sections on 'Duty of Care' and 'The use of S.S. Games' etc as I realised how inexperienced (but enthusiastic) the club's youth coaches were (Level One without exception at the time). The sessions were so well received that I looked at improving the manual further and it was then that I hit upon the publications of Michael Beale, the Chelsea Youth Coach. Here was a coach with experience at a high level and so I saw little point in "Re-inventing the Wheel" and I have used his practices as the second half of the manual. This is permissible under copyright law as long as copies remain within the club. This means that any other club wishing to do something similar would need to purchase original copies of Michael Beales work.”
The Manual's Introduction page can be found under the Related Documents as a synopsis of the contents. If you would like further information George would be happy to show the manual to other coaches or to discuss it with other clubs. If you would be interested please contact Jack Matthews and your queries will be passed on to George.
GENERAL:
Mini-Soccer Goals (see 'Related Documents')
Many volunteers will be familiar with the problems that are often faced when trying to put together a set of mini-soccer goals and occasionally find themselves in the frustrating position of being without certain pieces. As a result I have put together an A4 poster listing the necessary pieces required to construct two complete mini-soccer goals along with pictures to demonstrate how they should look when they are made. I have laminated copies and put them with each set that we have at the office to make it easier for clubs and organisations that borrow them.
HESSLE RANGERS:
Club Handouts (see 'Related Documents')
At Hessle Rangers FC, rather than simply handing out flyers to school pupils advertising the club and providing details of their training sessions to encourage the recruitment of additional players, the club have produced a registration form which is distributed with the flyers. When visits are made to local schools as part of a school-club link, club coaches bring with them a letter which provides players with a brief overview of the club and it’s organisation as well as a registration form which can be completed by interested players and returned to the club. These are all pre-enveloped and the coach writes the name of the player on the front to make it much more personal to the player. This has proved hugely successful for Hessle Rangers and the club have received numerous registration forms following sessions within schools.